Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

Road safety education update

10 September 2024


children happily running down a road
 

What’s new for schools

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is next week, and the Education Portal has resources in te reo Māori that can help you teach road and rail safety to your akonga.

Heading into Term 4, we have all the resources you'll need as you help young people be safe on and around our roads this summer.

Teachers, road safety coordinators and Police school community officers: explore our resources in English and te reo Māori.

 

te reo Māori posters
 

Te reo Māori resources

Download our road, rail and bike safety posters.

Available in te reo Māori and English, ready to print and display in your classrooms.

Posters in te reo Māori

Posters in English

 

Worksheet banner
 

Whārangi mahi – road safety worksheets in English and te reo Māori

Ngā Tau 1-10. E wātea ana ki ngā kaiako mō ngā whakaakoranga poto e pā ana ki te haumaru huarahi.

Years 1-10. Teachers can use these worksheets for short lessons about road safety.

  • Five worksheets per year group: Years 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10.
  • Each worksheet available in English and te reo Māori.

Road safety worksheets (Māori)

Road safety worksheets (English)

 

 

School patrol in te reo Māori

This week, teach your students the road patrol calls in te reo Māori.

Download and display this poster to help your road patrollers learn how to say:

  • ‘Me titiro’ (Check)
  • ‘Kua watea’ (Clear)
  • ‘Me whakawhiti’ (Cross Now).

School patrol training video

Watch the school patrol pedestrian crossing training video in te reo Māori.

The te reo Māori video is narrated by the tamariki of Te Puāwaitanga, Birkdale Primary School.

School patrol training videos and te reo Māori poster

 

scooter video with policeman image
 

Scooter safety videos in te reo Māori and English versions

Thanks to the cast of the TV show Wellington Paranormal and Greater Wellington Regional Council we have videos about safe scooter use and sharing the footpath aimed at school students. The four videos focus on:

  • scooter set up
  • stopping
  • sharing
  • safety on the footpath

Videos in te reo Māori

Videos in English
 

 

 

Explore our education plans for Kura Kaupapa and Māori Immersion education

We have two full curriculum plans written in te reo Māori.

Here's a quick look at each of them:

 

Child on playground
 

Kia pai tō haere

Kei te katoa te kawenga kia noho haumaru te whānau i runga i tētahi haerenga. Wāhanga akoranga: Te Reo Māori; Pāngarau – Āhuatanga; Pūtaiao – O Ahupūngao; Hangarau; Tikanga-ā-Iwi; Ngā Toi – Te Mahi-ā-Rēhia; me te Hauora – Waiora. (Taumata 1 ki te 4).

Covers several learning areas of Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. Based on a kaupapa that keeping whānau safe on a journey is everyone’s work.

Kia pai tō haere

 
 
safe speeds around schools banner
 

Ngā tere haumaru tata ki ngā kura

Ka mārama: Ā mātou whanonga hāereere. Mōhio: Te tere me te haumaru. Mahi: Te hāereere huri noa i tō tātou kura.

Safe speeds around schools.

Understand: Our travel behaviours.

Know: Speed and safety.

Do: Travelling around our school.

Ngā tere haumaru tata ki ngā kura

 
 
 

Drive: The official way to learn to drive

Drive has everything your students need to get ready for the learner, restricted or full licence test. Drive has an interactive road code, video resources and practice tests which students can do on their own device or as a group. Parents or coaches can also access interactive tools, tips and lessons to help them teach someone to drive.

Drive

 
Drive on laptop

 

More information

 
 

For any questions about the Waka Kotahi Education Portal, email us at SafeSchoolTravel@nzta.govt.nz

Visit our website education.nzta.govt.nz